Xyleborinus andrewesi
Author(s): Jiri Hulcr, Michigan State University
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Jiri Hulcr, Michigan State University
Source: IPM Images
Xyleborinus andrewesi (Blandford)
This ambrosia beetle is native to Africa and warmer parts of Asia. It has been accidentally introduced into North and Central America. X. andrewesi is polyphagous and has been reported to attack Annona and a variety of other trees. In North America, it has been found to be associated with the laurel wilt pathogen. Raffaelea lauricola (Ploetz et al., 2017).
Publications covering Xyleborinus andrewesi
Insects (2022) 13 (11 - 971)
Kevin R. Cloonan, Wayne S. Montgomery, Teresa I. Narvaez, Daniel Carrillo and Paul E. Kendra (2022)
Community of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in agricultural and forest ecosystems with laurel wilt
Environmental Entomology (2021) 50, 1311-1321
Gregory S. Wheeler, Paul E. Kendra, Aaron S. David, Ellen C. Lake, Joseph W. Sigmon, Jean Palacios and Ellen M. Donlan (2021)
Community of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) infesting Brazilian peppertree treated with herbicide and the volatile tree response
Florida Entomologist (2019) 102, 717-724
Demian F. Gomez, Andrew J. Johnson, Paloma Carton de Grammont, Janet Alfonso-Simonetti, Janelim Montaigne, Ana I. Elizondo, Berta Lina Muiño, Dairon Ojeda, Jesús Vidal and Jiri Hulcr (2019)
New records of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) from Cuba with description of a new species
Insects (2018) 9 (4 - 123)
Jared Bernard, Curtis P. Ewing and Russell H. Messing (2018)
The structure and phenology of non-native scolytine beetle communities in coffee plantations on Kaua'i
Journal of Economic Entomology (2017) 110, 347-354
Randy C. Ploetz, Joshua L. Konkol, Teresa Narvaez, Rita E. Duncan, Ramon J. Saucedo, Alina Campbell, Julio Mantilla, Daniel Carrillo and Paul E. Kendra (2017)
Presence and prevalence of Raffaelea lauricola, cause of laurel wilt, in different species of ambrosia beetle in Florida, USA
Florida Entomologist (2010) 93, 133-134
Katherine Elizabeth Okins and Michael C. Thomas (2010)
New North American record for Xyleborinus andrewesi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
